The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023)

Original title

舞妓さんちのまかないさん

Directed by

Hirokazu Koreeda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 9 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl moves from Aomori to Kyoto to become a maiko but finds her calling cooking instead. The series follows her daily life preparing meals for the other trainee geishas in the maiko house.

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What happens

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (舞妓さんちのまかないさん) is a Japanese television series based on the manga Kiyo in Kyoto about contemporary life in a geisha house. The series stars Nana Mori, Natsuki Deguchi, and Aju Makita, and was released by Netflix on January 12, 2023. Hirokazu Kore-eda served as director, writer, and showrunner, The Makanai being his first time directing a Netflix production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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